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common Po. Rapsc being wanting; and, upon inquiry, I Icarnl tlial all lus 

 specimens had been caught in one day, in the beginning of April, wh.ch 

 satisfactorily accounted for the deficiency, as Po. Rap* does not appear till 

 near the end of that month, or beginning of May. I may also a.ld, that I o. 

 Metra has long been known by the name of " Mr. Howard's NX'hite" amongst 

 some of the older coUectors, as I am informe.l by Mr. Ilatchett. 

 One of the specimens sent to me by the Rev. W. T. Bree was caught so early as 



the 18th March last. 

 Page 23. Poktia Cardamines. Of six pup« of this species given to me by the 

 Rev. J. Francis, two came to perfection at Uie end of May, one in the be- 

 ..inning, and one at the end of June, the other towards the middle of July; 

 thus accounting for the long continuance of the insect in its final state. 

 Page 24. Le.cophasia Sinapis. Fabricius asserts that the larv« of this insect 

 feed on the cabbage; not the authoress of the Butterfly Co lectors A ade 

 Mecum, who merely states, in the first edition of her work, that tins insect 

 and the three last (Pontia. Brassier", Rap*, and Napi), commit great havoc in 

 our kitchen gardens. "Abundant in the New Forest in May last. -Mr. 

 Weaver* 

 Page 25. Piekis. 1 was misinformed by a friend respecting the use of this 

 word as a generic term by Mr. Swainson, in his Zoological Illustrations, not 

 liaving a copy of the work to refer to:-the three last lines must therefore be 



expunged. , . ...,.,.• 



Page 29. Nemkobics Lucina. "In Collingbourne-wood, near Ando^cr. - 



Rev. G. T. Rudd. " New Forest."-iHr. Weaver. 



^ 1 j v'or Pi \tk iv. f. .3- which is in Mr. 



Page 35. Melitxa Euphrosyne. t \ ar. c, I i-atk n- i 



Haworth's cabinet, 1 suspect may prove to be a variety o. Me. Selene. 



Page 38. Argyknis Adippc. 



t Var. J. " Primly (anterior) »mg. above nearly Mack, en,bro»uo.l a. .ho 

 \L ■ wW, a m Jsh, transverse, undulat^l spot near the base, an,l a .arp* 

 X'of *e same eolour between it and the tniddle ; these spots are also eon- 

 sp Is on the underside of the wing. This last sitle is fulvon, spotted », h 

 wXat the apex, near U,e margin, are fonr silver dots. ' --■ 

 (posterior) wings above are fulvous spotted with black, margn, blacky » ..1 

 ru^Jiesof'fulvous streaks; underneath these »'"S^ J ;'X:U 

 twenty silver s^ts, nan,ely,«ne, three, two ''^^^^^^^^l l,,.^ 

 the four middle spots arc the largest; besulcs th«3, he sho 1^ h 



. edged wit,, silver fringe w^^^^^^^^^ 

 Expansion, 1 inch, 11 hues, laken oy 



1 lo ,.itli n fine snecimen which was scut to 



Theabovedescriptionsoneany acc^^^^K^^n^^^^^^^ giving that to 



,„e for examination ^X /^'; '^ ^ ^ ' ^^^^^^^^ 



makhig a new one from the mstct in n.v possession, 



(Ex. 2 inch, 2 lin.) : the anterior wings have a row of elongate tauny .,^ . 



parallel willi iIk hiudcr margin above, and ci.lv 



